Neilsen: Nearly 30 Percent Tuned In To Obama Inauguration

(AP)

The first numbers are coming out for the television audience that tuned into Barack Obama's inauguration, and, well, a pretty good percentage of Americans watched it.

Across the 56 local markets measured by Neilsen Media Research, 29.2 percent of households tuned in to see the president-elect become the president.

That's up from 20.8 percent who watched George W. Bush's 2000 inauguration and way up from the 11.8 percent who watched Mr. Bush in 2004, according to Neilsen.

Mr. Obama was most popular in the Raleigh-Durham market, where 51.2 percent of households had the tube set to the inauguration.

The Seattle-Tacoma market ... not so much. Only 18.8 percent of homes there were watching the 44th president.

Check out Neilsen's results here.

[assemblyofso]

RALEIGH DURHAM WAS SHUT DOWN DUE TO SNOW
IT IS PROBABLY JUST A COINCIDENCE BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS OF DURHAM ARE BLACK.

[treknutz]

Just like their hero idiot Rush, the people of the far incorrect cannot adjust their extreme self-rightous holier than thou supremeist attitudes. They cannot see that they are the ones who are the true Jihadist and use lies, conjecture, hate, and stupidity to try and rule the US. And just like Rush, 80% of the US population are finally seeing their true colors.

They will soon realize that they are talking but no one is listening...or better yet anyone who matters is ignoring the minorities indignant stupidity.

Die a slow painful death neo-cons, Republicons, supremeist nobodies, for the hate you carry in your heart will one day lead to your darkest hour.

[christie1124]

Of note, Raleigh-Durham received 6" of snowfall yesterday morning and midday which meant that most people were home from work. SIx inches of snow will and usually does shut down a southern city.

[ptyoungthang]

popstom11 - I am going to take a guess that you must be a republican. Not because you didn%u2019t watch the inauguration or support Obama.

But because you took at 1 fact twisted it into something that supports your toxic/negative ideals. Millions watched it on the internet, causing bandwidth problems everywhere and millions more Tivo%u2019d it to watch at a later time. So don%u2019t get to comfy with the "wish" that 200mil citizens had better things to do.